The company's products are sold under the brand name "Weifang Fufeng," and it also produces other food additives such as xanthan gum, citric acid, and sodium bicarbonate.
[3][4] In 2022, a proposed Fufeng plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota garnered opposition and legal challenges due to national security concerns.
[5][6][7][8] Specific concern was raised about the possibility of the plant being used as a site for signals intelligence and electronic warfare against the Air Force base.
[10] In response, the House Appropriations Committee subsequently enacted a ban on purchases of U.S. farmland by China and certain other nations in its 2023 funding bill.
"[13] On February 7, 2023, officials in Grand Forks, North Dakota voted 5–0 to strike down the company's plans for a corn mill on the site.